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On the recordMarch 1, 2011
Mr. President, we have the Leahy-Grassley managers' amendment at the desk. I have a modification to it. I ask that the amendment be so modified. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment will be so modified. The amendment, as modified, is as follows: On page 1, strike line 5, and insert the following: `` `America Invents Act' ''. On page 9, line 8, strike ``1 year'' and insert ``18 months''. On page 32, strike line 12 and all that follows through page 35, line 2, and insert the following: SEC. 4. VIRTUAL MARKING AND ADVICE OF COUNSEL. On page 37, line 1, strike ``(b)'' and insert ``(a)''. On page 37, line 20, strike ``(c)'' and insert ``(b)''. On page 38, line 3, strike ``(d)'' and insert ``(c)''. On page 38, line 13, strike ``(e)'' and insert ``(d)''. On page 57, strike lines 17 through 23, and insert the following: ``(b) Preliminary Injunctions.--If a civil action alleging infringement of a patent is filed within 3 months of the grant of the patent, the court may not stay its consideration of the patent owner's motion for a preliminary injunction against infringement of the patent on the basis that a petition for post-grant review has been filed or that such a proceeding has been instituted.''. On page 59, strike lines 13 through 19. On page 59, line 20, strike ``(g)'' and insert ``(f)''. On page 65, line 21, strike ``18 months'' and insert ``1 year''. On page 66, line 3, strike ``18 months'' and insert ``1 year''.…
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